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There will be a spotter training session in Gorham, Maine on the 3rd of March at the Gorham Rec Center 75 South St. and on March 19th, in Condord, NH at the NH Fire Academy, 98 Smokey Bear Blvd, Concord. Click on the Gray Spotter Training button above for details and last minute changes.

A PowerPoint presentation from the SKYWARN strategy meeting that was held on December 6th is available for download. You may need the free Microsoft PowerPoint viewer to view.

Available in the Skywarn library in the website are the updated Operations Manual, as well as the new report form and logsheet for the WX1GYX station. Also new in the library are updated county warning area maps (current as of 12/2104) from David, WE1U.

The 7th Annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 21st and 22nd, 2015, at the Augusta Civic Center. More infromation at Maine Prepares.

Winter Field Day 2015 will be held from 1700 UTC (12:00 noon EST) Saturday January 24, 2015 through 1700 UTC (12:00 noon EST) Sunday January 25, 2015. More information may be found at SPAR Announces Winter Field Day 2015.

Tom, N1KTA, sent along a copy of the GYX Watch, Warning and Advisory criteria that was posted on October 22, 2013 as part of Winter Weather Awarness Week. It is available as a PDF for downloading, GYX Criteria.

Yankee Skywarn has a presence on Twitter. Click the link above and check it out.

From EarthSky. At right an unusual shelf cloud formation in Alabama on June 11, 2012. This is the leading edge of the derecho as it pushes into this area. Image Credit: Mike Wilhelm. The storms that formed June 12 and 13, 2013 in the U.S. Midwest and into the Atlantic states were considered a derecho, but a low-end derecho. Click on the image for more information.

NOAA pridicts an active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. More information to be found in the NOAA News aritcle.

Wireless Emergency Alerts are now available from FEMA. Sent to your wireless device they are up to the minute notifications. More information from FEMA. Download the fact sheet.

Rick, N1SGL and Ivan, N1OXA setting up for the 2013 Winter Field Day at WXGYX site.

Yankee Skywarn® now has a mobile web presence. Blackberrys, iPhones and Androids seem to work well. Check in out and let me know.

Tom, N1KTA, has provided GYX forecast area snowfall maps from the unusual October storm. There are two the first is without topography and the second with topography. And a later "fixed" edition from Tom. All are quick loading JPEG's.

The newest version of the Weather Spotter's Field Guide, A Guide to Being a Skywarn Spotter. The document is 72 pages and is a 27meg download so be prepared. Its worth the time. Download from here.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has updated its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ARRL. The updated MoU serves “as a framework within which volunteers of the ARRL may coordinate their services, facilities and equipment with the NWS in support of nationwide, state and local early weather warning and emergency communications function.”

Through its SKYWARN® program, the NWS recognizes that Amateur Radio operators have assisted as communicators and weather spotters since the program began in the late 1960s. More on this annoncementhere.

More Skywarn/CoCoRahs training sessions are in the offing. Watch here for announcements.

The National Weather Service encourages anyone with an interest in public service and access to communication, such as HAM radio, to join the SKYWARN® program. Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches, nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others are also encouraged to become a spotter.

How Can I Get Involved?

NWS has 122 local Weather Forecast Offices, each with a Warning Coordination Meteorologist, who is responsible for administering the SKYWARN® program in their local area. Training is conducted by the Gray office in the forecast area of northern New Hampshire and western Maine and covers :

Basics of thunderstorm development

Fundamentals of storm structure

Identifying potential severe weather features

Information to report

How to report information

Basic severe weather safety

Classes are free and typically are about two hours long. To find out when a SKYWARN® class will be conducted in local your area, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your Snow and Storm Spotter CoordinatorThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SKYWARN® is a registered trademark of NOAA's National Weather Service. Rules for the usage of the SKYWARN® name and logo are available here.

Yankee SKYWARN® Mission Statement

The Mission of the WX1GYX SKYWARN® Program is to provide the Portland/Gray Maine National Weather Service Office (GYX) with additional communication capacity. Primarily relaying severe weather spotter reports for the the GYX Service area in Maine and New Hampshire and additionally provide backup communication when necessary for other National Weather Service Offices.

Yankee SKYWARN® Visitors

Yankee SKYWARN® Contacts:

Coordinators; Jerry, K1WTX This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Ken, N1DOT This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tom, N1KTA This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.David, WE1U This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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